The Gorae West Classic hosted by the Portland Cycling Club was held on Sunday the 8th of August 2010.
Conditions were overcast with strong & gusty Northerly winds.
The Field of 41 riders was divided into 6 bunches with 10 limit riders getting a 16 minute start on the 3 scratchmen.
The large limit bunch rode well with 4 riders doing the lion share of the work and the others pitching in with turns often enough to keep the pace quite high, after 3 laps this bunch had held off the rest of the field and no other riders were in sight on the bell lap.
The 5.30-minute bunch had also ridden well enough to have caught the rest of the field and stay away from the now combined scratch & second scratch.
At the sharp turn half way into the last lap the front markers realised they had enough of a gap to hold off the large bunch of middle markers trying to bridge the gap.
On the last rise into the wind 2 km from the finish Peter Hol from Portland made a race-winning move by riding away from the front markers, realising half of the leading bunch didn’t have the legs to chase him down and the remaining riders would have to get quite organised to chase him down.
Peter Hol just managed to stay away for a well deserved win from Mount Gambier’s Tim Angus who came in a very close second.
Final Placings 1 Peter Hol, 2nd Tim Angus 3rd Chris West ptf. 4th Kathy Nunn mtg. 5th Daryl Edwards ptf. 6th James O’Keefe ptf. 7th Col Angus mtg. 8th Jon Kidman mtg 9th Robert Logan wrn, 10th Ashley Herrewyn mtg.
Fastest time went to Timshel Knoll-Miller from Port Fairy
These placings haven’t effected the SWS leader board too much, with Stuart Robinson crossing the line in 11th place his intentions to get the leaders jersey back from Dean Mclaren are quite plain.
The Banks Thargo Leader board can be viewed by clicking on comments below
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dean mclaren ham 137
ReplyDeletestuart robinson ham 136
roland evans ptl 132
darren earl mtg 122
matt lane ptf 117
spek mtg 117
richard schilling mtg 109
erich gstrien cpd 107
clive coomber cpd 101
mark hermon ham 100
darcey wooley ptf 90
jade frankel wrn 89
scot noonan mtg 88
tony prytz clc 85
laurie paltridge ptf 84
david herrewyn mtg 84
jon kidman mtg 83
tim knoll miller ptf 80
craig taylor ptf 78
paul bast ham 76
brendon schultz ham 74
frank mcarthy wrn 72
wayne hately cpd 72
ashley herrewyn mtg 71
rob cassie ptf 70
tim angus mtg 70
john cranwell mtg 66
robert logan wrn 64
kathy angus mtg 64
tim koopman mtg 63
simon walsh wrn 61
colin angus mtg 60
larry mcarthy wrn 59
richie belleville ptf 55
geoff mclaren wrn 55
melissa mckinlay mtg 55
nick lee ptf 53
simon povey ham 53
paul bosch ham 53
luke agget ptf 53
david tozer ptf 50
jim dart wrn 50
cris jehu clc 50
brian mcnamara wrn 50
stuart mckinlay mtg 50
mark hyland wrn 49
richard wood mtg 49
robert boydel cpd 48
mick lowther ptf 47
robert mann mtg 47
mark scouller cbg 46
glen scouller wrn 45
kate winnen ptf 43
cris west ptf 43
david jones mtg 42
darren sheldon ham 42
stephen jones mtg 40
danny bourke wrn 40
brian cunningham cpd 40
kane frazer ham 40
mark winnen ptf 40
tim dwyer mtg 35
lauchlin nolte ptl 35
matthew opperman mtg 35
wayne collins wrn 34
xavier gstrien cpd 31
brian hayes ham 31
peter ratcliff ptl 30
paul nolte ptl 30
john hodgkinson ham 30
dylan hately cpd 30
rod treddenick ptf 30
callum middleton clc 30
mat gstrien cpd 30
dylan lindsey ptl 30
peter hol ptl 30
chris odonnel mtg 29
jason smith cpd 29
steve king mtg 29
steve kelly hor 27
peter ruart wrn 27
cameron hart wrn 37
stacey hocking wrn 25
neil duncan ptf 25
jeff mclean ptf 25
mark mclaren ham 25
james okeefe wrn 25
roger lewis ham 24
nick jehu clc 24
rob helmore cpd 23
phil otoole ptf 37
bruce mclaughlin mtg 20
barry wurlod cpd 20
darren jones wrn 20
simon crispe wrn 20